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Receving poor remuneration, lumberjack's work generates sympathy (6,7)

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I believe the answer is:

fellow feeling

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'sympathy' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'receving poor remuneration lumberjack's work' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'poor' could be 'low' (similar in meaning) and 'low' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'generates' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for fellow feeling that I've seen before include "Sympathy" , "Shared empathy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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